[AT] Electrical Problems..Please help

[Mike Sloane]

I thought I was the only person in the country with a Case 430CK. :-) I 
don't think I can put my finger on the problem without being there, but 
it does sound like something simple. Are you sure that you have set the 
points gap on a high lobe? Did you wire the coil correctly (with the "+" 
wired to the switch)? Are you sure that nothing in the points or 
condenser are shorting to ground? Did you remember to put the rotor back 
on? (don't laugh - been there, done that!)

Good luck!

Mike

JAHaze at aol.com wrote:
> I'm completely stumped on this one.  I have a Case 430 CK gas engine that has 
> been very reliable for me over the past seven years or so.  Never had a 
> problem starting it in any kind of weather, that was until two weeks ago.  I 
> started it up to move some gravel and it started fine.  I shut it off to talk to the 
> neighbor, and it didn't want to start right away, I turned the key and 
> nothing, after I fiddled with the wire from the battery to the key switch, it fired 
> right up and I was off again.
> 
> While back in the gravel pit I stalled it out, turned the key and nothing 
> again.  I fiddled with it for about a half an hour then gave up.  The next day I 
> took the key switch out of the dash and cleaned up the connections, now it 
> turns over just fine, but has no spark.  Since then I have replaced the coil, 
> condensor, and points... still no spark.  I have tested things with my multimeter 
> and am getting plenty of current through the switch, coil, condensor, and 
> points.  The funny thing is I have voltage going to the points, but when I break 
> them, there is no spark jump.  This should mean something right?  I should 
> have said that it is a 12 volt system.  I'm getting 11.5 volts between the 
> ignitions wire to the key swith and the points if that helps at all.
> 
> Please tell me it's something simple, I'm lost on this one.  Thanks for your 
> help.
> 
> Enjoy, Joe
> 

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